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United Kingdom
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Shield nickels 1868 Obv hub A Rev Hub IIC and 1870 Obv Hub A Rev Hub IIA
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think it is doable, but you would need at least a billion dollars and about fifty years..... Why doesn't Bill Gates collect coins?!?!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:The five 1913 Liberty nickels weren't an official coin minted with the authority of the US Mint so I don't consider them part of a series. Tell that to Whitman. At one time they were making Folders with a slot for those. So far no one has mentioned the 1974 Aluminum Cent. Anyone have a roll of those?  The original post about a completed set is all in what someone wants to say is complete. If all the error and varieties are to be included, then that would possibly be the inpossible one. Since no one really knows how many different varieties of errors and types really exist. And we all are just going by reports written by different people and again, they too don't know what the Mint may or may not have actually produced. For all anyone knows there may have been many, many coins made for a series, not put into circulation, so are they real or what? |
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United States
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Tell that to Whitman. At one time they were making Folders with a slot for those. I have one of those folders. Still mentions that there are only five of them. |
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United States
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I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the 1943-S copper cent. Only 2 specimens are known so far, if I'm not mistaken.
Maybe this thread should be about ridiculously rare coins instead of those that are literally impossible to obtain like the original post said.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Seated Liberty Dimes. The 1873-CC no arrows is unique (1 only). Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. had one which I think is coming up on the auction block. Coin World just did a big write up on this coin. |
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United States
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Maybee we should pull together toform the "Impossible series in US coins fund" to buy them lol |
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I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the 1943-S copper cent. Only 2 specimens are known so far, if I'm not mistaken. There are several 43-S copper cents. The 43-D on the other hand is still unique. But those are individual coins not a series and they are not normally collected as part of the series either. |
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United States
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I have one of those folders. Still mentions that there are only five of them. And yet I've got an entire roll of those. Quote:
There are several 43-S copper cents. The 43-D on the other hand is still unique. But those are individual coins not a series and they are not normally collected as part of the series either. AND if you want to include all the different types of platings on those 43 Cents, that alone could start a whole new series. Naturally that would have to include the 44, 44D, 44S Steel if they exist.  The problem with those types are they should not ever be considered part of a real series. If they were, then someone would have to find out exactly how many other mistakes the Mint has made and include those too. I just think a completed series is one of each type made as real coins. Not errors, not varieties, not possible ones we don't know about, etc. |
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The 1876 CC 20 cent piece makes the 20 cent set almost impossible due it's rarity and high price tag.
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Canada
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Somewhere I saw (and downloaded just for fun) the "millionaire's checklist" for US cents, I believe it was.
It's neat to have a list of these rare things, even if owning them is impossible!
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